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A PM’s Guide to Agile Software Development

Project Bliss

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

ProjectManager.com

Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s.

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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Agile Manifesto was written in 2001—which was the same year Rally Software was founded. We offer a closed-source license for commercial entities who would be limited by our open-source license, called the AGPLv3. Jordan Husney. We decided to be open source because enabling community is everything in the 21st century.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Columns include "Reported," "Confirmed," "In Development," "Testing," and "Deployed."

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? 2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So However, the sheer effort involved is so gargantuan that this is close to impossible.

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Is SAFe® Adoption Making a Difference? Why are Companies Moving To It? How Will It Impact?

Agilemania

The vast majority of businesses were doubtful when the Agile manifesto was introduced in 2001. You won’t be able to adapt to these disturbances using conventional software development techniques. The distance between thoughts, action, and effect may be closed through understanding SAFe®.

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Agile project management: A beginner's guide

Moira Alexander

Agile is a project management methodology that uses short development cycles called sprints to focus on continuous improvement in the development of a product or service. These developers gathered together to discuss lightweight development methods based on their combined experience. Adaptive software development (ASD).